I wonder if they had imagined the summer break in this way Alpine. Ecosystem's staff is training camp di sebastian vettel, announced before the stop in Hungary, gave an escape route to Fernando Alonso who, a couple of days after his 41st birthday, gave the Alpine the welcome by announcing, after months of mumbling and bad temper, his transfer to Aston Martin. A nasty surprise for the French team which had to find a replacement for Fernando's seat from one day to the next.
Piastri says “no”
The first choice, with lots of official announcement by the team fell back on Oscar piastri. A brilliant talent, a young promise of this sport, and above all well placed in the team that had promised him that seat, at the cost of leaving Alonso hanging on a single alternative: a yearly. But the timing and methods of announcing Piastri's "promotion" weren't exactly the best, also thanks to Alonso's timing. There denial of Piastri on the engagement, in addition to its comic nature, restarted the full seat. It is also said that Piastri had already signed a pre-contract with McLaren, with the help of his manager Webber. This scenario has led the Alpine not only to have to defend itself "legally” challenging contracts and clauses, but also a having to find a replacement for Piastri in case he manages to free himself from the Alpine.
Who is on the list?
There are several candidates to fill the coveted position of Fernando Alonso in Alpine. If Piastri were to go to McLaren he would do it instead of Daniel Ricciardo, who, despite having a contract with McLaren valid for 2023, could return to Renault, now Alpine. But Ricciardo would not be the only one. According to Fulvio Solms del Corriere dello Sport, in fact, there would be at least 3 other names in the running: Mick Schumacher, Nyck De Vries and listen, listen, our Antonio Giovinazzi. In 2021 Antonio had to reluctantly say goodbye to Formula 1 to land in Formula E. However, the results do not reflect the ambitions of the Apulian driver who has never backed down on a return to Formula 1, an environment that he continues to frequent, covering the role of third Ferrari driver.
“[…] Ricciardo unloaded Renault rather brutally at the end of 2020 and it is unlikely that [...] Luca De Meo [...] has metabolized that about-face. There are others [...] the names of the candidates [...] Antonio Giovinazzi and Mick Schumacher, and the Dutch Nick De Vries. Giovinazzi [...] uneasy in Formula E, has been in contact for some time with various teams and with the French themselves to return to Formula 1. The possibilities [...] are not lacking: in addition to Alpine, Haas and Williams in place are an option by Nicolas Latifi, minus AlphaTauri instead of Yuki Tsunoda. […]“.
However, only time will tell us all the answers.
Source: FormulaPassion
